--- title: North York General Hospital First in Canada to Use RFID-Enabled Kit Checking Solution description: Intelliguard® RFID Kit and Tray Management System for hospital pharmacy automation eliminated medication errors in all trays and saved 659 labor hours annually. image: https://2436055.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Meps_Real_Time_Nov2016/Image/North_York_General_Hospital-51766_fit_870_800_0_0_0_90___59.jpg --- [![Click to Schedule a Demo](https://2436055.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IG%20Images/schedule-demo.jpg?width=160&height=25&name=schedule-demo.jpg "schedule-demo.jpg")](https://ig.solutions/contact-us/request-a-demo/)   Call 760-448-9500 [![intelliguard-logo.png](https://2436055.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IG%20Images/intelliguard-logo.png?width=322&height=66&name=intelliguard-logo.png "intelliguard-logo.png")](https://www.ig.solutions/) # Intelliguard® Resources # North York General Hospital First in Canada to Use RFID-Enabled Kit Checking Solution Posted on Jun 10, 2015 by Valerie Fritz ![North York General Hospital First in Canada to Use RFID-Enabled Kit Checking Solution](https://2436055.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Meps_Real_Time_Nov2016/Image/North_York_General_Hospital-51766_fit_870_800_0_0_0_90___59.jpg?width=691&name=North_York_General_Hospital-51766_fit_870_800_0_0_0_90___59.jpg "North York General Hospital First in Canada to Use RFID-Enabled Kit Checking Solution") Welcome North York General Hospital to the Intelliguard RFID Solutions success stories!  North York General Hospital in Toronto, Canada is the first hospital in the country to deploy an RFID enabled kit checking solution.   The [IntelliGuard® Pharmacy](https://ig.solutions/pharmacy-station/) is used to manage North York General Hospital’s  (NYGH) pharmaceutical trays. A quality study confirmed that the [IntelliGuard® Pharmacy](https://ig.solutions/pharmacy-station/) System eliminated medication errors in all trays.  >> See [North York General Hospital and the Impact of Intelliguard® RFID](https://2436055.hs-sites.com/blog/2015/07/north-york-general-hospital-and-the-impact-of-intelliguard/) Additionally, the study confirmed that the [IntelliGuard® Pharmacy](https://ig.solutions/pharmacy-station/) reduces tray restocking times on average by 4.9 minutes. “That equals 659 labor hours saved annually,” according to **Edith M. Rolko**, NYGH's director of pharmacy and infection prevention and control.  ![Edith M Rolko, NYGH's Director of Pharmacy and Infection Prevention](https://2436055.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Meps_Real_Time_Nov2016/Image/Edith_M_Rolko.jpg?width=108&name=Edith_M_Rolko.jpg "Edith M Rolko, NYGH's Director of Pharmacy and Infection Prevention") Check out the full story  published by RFID Journal Live. It is titled "[North York General Hospital Uses RFID to Restock Medication Trays](http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?12842)" and describes how the Toronto medical facility's pharmacy's adoption of the [IntelliGuard® Pharmacy](https://ig.solutions/pharmacy-station/) is saving hours of labor and eliminating errors. As the article explains, *"Before the automated system was implemented, a pharmacy technician would need to manually check every medication in every tray sent back to the pharmacy department after it was used. This process of identifying any missing drugs, and thereby ensuring that none are nearing expiration dates or have been recalled, was extremely labor-intensive, the hospital reports, and could only be carried out by a technician with certified training. 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